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'''Dixie Valley, Nevada''', was a small ranching town in [[Churchill County, Nevada]] until the area was acquired in 1995 by the [[US Navy]] for the [[Fallon Naval Air Station|Fallon Range Training Complex (FRTC)]].<ref name=Mackedon>{{cite web |last=Mackedon |first=Michon |year= |title=Dixie Land |url=http://www.wnc.edu/~mackedon/Articles/Dixieland.html |publisher=WNC.edu |accessdate=2010-06-20}}</ref> The town had no retail businesses, most residents were more than a mile from their nearest neighbor, and a 1-room school (grades 1–8) was the teacher's residence and served as a meeting, dance, & election hall (grades 9–12 were bussed 75 miles to [[Fallon, Nevada]]). The abandoned town of Dixie was established at the head of Dixie Valley in 1861 and named by Southern sympathizers.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Carlson|first1=Helen S.|title=Nevada place names : a geographical dictionary|date=1985|publisher=University of Nevada Press|location=Reno|isbn=087417094X|page=99}}</ref> The medium-sized Dixie Valley [[geothermal power]] plant (1988, 66 megawatts)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shevenell |first=Lisa |year=2000 |title=Geothermal Resources in Nevada |url=http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/dox/m126.pdf |publisher=[[Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology]] |accessdate=2010-07-20|display-authors=etal}}</ref> employs ~30 people and has 12 production steam wells and ~24 [[injection well]]s. |
'''Dixie Valley, Nevada''', was a small ranching town in [[Churchill County, Nevada]] until the area was acquired in 1995 by the [[US Navy]] for the [[Fallon Naval Air Station|Fallon Range Training Complex (FRTC)]].<ref name=Mackedon>{{cite web |last=Mackedon |first=Michon |year= |title=Dixie Land |url=http://www.wnc.edu/~mackedon/Articles/Dixieland.html |publisher=WNC.edu |accessdate=2010-06-20 }}{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The town had no retail businesses, most residents were more than a mile from their nearest neighbor, and a 1-room school (grades 1–8) was the teacher's residence and served as a meeting, dance, & election hall (grades 9–12 were bussed 75 miles to [[Fallon, Nevada]]). The abandoned town of Dixie was established at the head of Dixie Valley in 1861 and named by Southern sympathizers.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Carlson|first1=Helen S.|title=Nevada place names : a geographical dictionary|date=1985|publisher=University of Nevada Press|location=Reno|isbn=087417094X|page=99}}</ref> The medium-sized Dixie Valley [[geothermal power]] plant (1988, 66 megawatts)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shevenell |first=Lisa |year=2000 |title=Geothermal Resources in Nevada |url=http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/dox/m126.pdf |publisher=[[Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology]] |accessdate=2010-07-20 |display-authors=etal |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100606064750/http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/dox/m126.pdf |archivedate=2010-06-06 |df= }}</ref> employs ~30 people and has 12 production steam wells and ~24 [[injection well]]s. |
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[[File:Dixie Nevada 1910.jpg|thumb|Detail from 1910 map showing the location of the former town of Dixie]] |
[[File:Dixie Nevada 1910.jpg|thumb|Detail from 1910 map showing the location of the former town of Dixie]] |
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Revision as of 16:40, 11 September 2017
Dixie Valley, Nevada | |
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| Coordinates: 39°43′23″N 118°4′49″W / 39.72306°N 118.08028°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Nevada |
| County | Churchill |
| GNIS feature ID | 864479 (1800s post office)[1] |
Dixie Valley, Nevada, was a small ranching town in Churchill County, Nevada until the area was acquired in 1995 by the US Navy for the Fallon Range Training Complex (FRTC).[2] The town had no retail businesses, most residents were more than a mile from their nearest neighbor, and a 1-room school (grades 1–8) was the teacher's residence and served as a meeting, dance, & election hall (grades 9–12 were bussed 75 miles to Fallon, Nevada). The abandoned town of Dixie was established at the head of Dixie Valley in 1861 and named by Southern sympathizers.[3] The medium-sized Dixie Valley geothermal power plant (1988, 66 megawatts)[4] employs ~30 people and has 12 production steam wells and ~24 injection wells.
1954 earthquakes
A very large earthquake doublet occurred on December 16, 1954. The Dixie Valley–Fairview earthquakes occurred four minutes apart, each with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). The initial shock measured 7.3 Mw and the second shock measured 6.9 Mw . Damage to man-made structures was minimal because the region was sparsely populated at the time, but oblique-slip motion on a normal fault resulted in the appearance of large fault scarps.[5]
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dixie Valley, Nevada
- ^ Mackedon, Michon. "Dixie Land". WNC.edu. Retrieved 2010-06-20.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Carlson, Helen S. (1985). Nevada place names : a geographical dictionary. Reno: University of Nevada Press. p. 99. ISBN 087417094X.
- ^ Shevenell, Lisa; et al. (2000). "Geothermal Resources in Nevada" (PDF). Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-06-06. Retrieved 2010-07-20.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Stover, C.W.; Coffman, J.L. (1993), Seismicity of the United States, 1568–1989 (Revised), U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1527, United States Government Printing Office, pp. 287, 288, 295, 296
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